Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Ada Lovelace and one Volta: 48 GB GDDR6 against 32 GB HBM2, memory bandwidth within 5%, and NVLink 300 GB/s on the V100 where the L40S is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 48 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 864 GB/s
- From
- $0.55 /GPU/hr
- 34 providers
- Memory
- 32 GB
- HBM2
- Memory bandwidth
- 900 GB/s
- From
- $0.14 /GPU/hr
- 19 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | L40S | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.55 | $0.14 | 3.9x more expensive on L40S |
| Spot | $0.74 | $0.09 | 8.7x more expensive on L40S |
| Reserved | $0.60 | $0.13 | 4.7x more expensive on L40S |
| Median | $1.60 | $1.57 | Within 5% |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
L40S vs V100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40S | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB HBM2 | 1.5x more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 900 GB/s | Within 5% |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 4,096-bit | 11x wider on V100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 733 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 125 TFLOPS | 2.9x higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 91.6 TFLOPS | 15.7 TFLOPS | 5.8x higher on L40S |
| FP64 | Not supported | 7.8 TFLOPS | V100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 300 GB/s | NVLink on V100 only |
| Board power | 350 W | 300 W | 1.2x higher on L40S |
| Released | Q3 2023 | Q2 2017 | 6 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32FP64INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40S datasheet and V100 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | L40S /GPU/hr | V100 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.97 | On-Demand $2.57 |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.97 | On-Demand $2.57 |
Novita
|
On-Demand $0.55 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.80 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $0.92 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
UpCloud
|
On-Demand $1.19 | -- |
Koyeb
|
On-Demand $1.20 | -- |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.14 |
Verda
|
-- | On-Demand $0.17 |
Geodd
|
-- | On-Demand $0.16 |
TensorDock
|
-- | On-Demand $0.28 |
Cyfuture AI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.55 |
OVH
|
-- | On-Demand $0.77 |
34 providers list the L40S and 19 the V100. Every listing is on the L40S page and the V100 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40S was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia V100 on Sept. 7, 2026.